- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- I. Cross-Platform Game Programming with the Allegro Game Library
- 1. Demystifying Game Development
- 2. Getting Started with the Allegro Game Library
- Allegro's Versatility Explained
- Configuring Your Favorite C++ Compiler
- Taking Allegro for a Spin
- Summary
- Chapter Quiz
- 3. 2D Vector Graphics Programming
- 4. Writing Your First Allegro Game
- 5. Getting Input from the Player
- 6. Mastering the Audible Realm
- II. Sprite Programming
- 7. Basic Bitmap Handling and Blitting
- 8. Introduction to Sprite Programming
- 9. Sprite Animation
- 10. Advanced Sprite Programming
- 11. Programming the Perfect Game Loop
- III. Scrolling Backgrounds
- 12. Programming Tile-Based Scrolling Backgrounds
- 13. Creating a Game World: Editing Tiles and Levels
- 14. Loading Native Mappy Files
- 15. Vertical Scrolling Arcade Games
- 16. Horizontal Scrolling Platform Games
- IV. Taking it to the Next Level
- 17. The Importance of Game Design
- Game Design Basics
- Inspiration
- Game Feasibility
- Feature Glut
- Back Up Your Work
- Game Genres
- Fighting Games
- Action/Arcade Games
- Adventure Games
- First-Person Shooters
- Flight Simulators
- Galactic Conquest Games
- Real-Time Strategy Games
- Role-Playing Games
- Sports Simulation Games
- Third-Person Shooters
- Turn-Based Strategy Games
- Space Simulation Games
- Real-Life Games
- Massively Multiplayer Online Games
- Game Development Phases
- Post-Production
- Future-Proof Design
- What Is Game Design?
- The Design Document
- The Importance of Good Game Design
- The Two Types of Designs
- A Sample Design Doc
- A Sample Game Design: TREK
- Main Display
- Game Design Mini-FAQ
- Summary
- Chapter Quiz
- Game Design Basics
- 18. Using Datafiles to Store Game Resources
- 19. Playing Movies and Cut Scenes
- 20. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- 21. Multi-Threading
- 22. Publishing Your Game
- 17. The Importance of Game Design
- V. Appendices
Part III of the book covers the single overall subject of scrolling backgrounds. In this part of the book you will learn how to create a tile-based scrolling engine from scratch and then put it to use with several example programs. You will also learn how to create and edit game levels using the awesome Mappy tile editing program. The final chapter of this part makes a significant enhancement to Tank War by adding support for native Mappy files. Here are the chapters that comprise Part III:
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